Yes vs We - What's the difference?

yes | we |

As verbs the difference between yes and we

is that yes is (colloquial|transitive) to agree with, to affirm, to approve while we is see.

As an interjection yes

is used to express pleasure, joy, or great excitement.

As a noun yes

is an affirmative expression; an answer that shows agreement or acceptance.

yes

English

(yes and no)

Particle

(-)

A word used to show agreement or acceptance.

Yes , you are correct.

Yes , you may go play outside now.

Yes , sir, we have your package right here.

A word used to indicate disagreement'' or ''dissent in reply to a negative statement.

It was not my fault we lost the race.

Oh, yes , it was!

Synonyms

* Dialect or archaic forms: arr, ay, aye, yea, yassuh * Nautical, military, telecommunications: affirmative * Colloquial or slang forms: ya, yah, yeah, yeh, yep, yeppers, yup, yuppers, yus, ahuh, mhm, uh huh. * See also:

Antonyms

* Standard form: no * Nautical, military, telecommunications: negative * Dialect or archaic forms: nay * Colloquial or slang forms: ixnay, nah, naw, nope * See also:

Derived terms

* yes and amen * yes and no * yes-no question

Usage notes

* In Old and Middle English, yes'' was a more forceful affirmative than ''yea . * An example of yes used to disagree with a statement: the questions "You don’t want it, do you?" and "Don’t you want it?" are answered by "yes" if the respondent does want the item, and "no" if not. Many languages use a specific word for this purpose; see translation table above.

Interjection

(en-interj)!

Used to express pleasure, joy, or great excitement.

Our second goal of the match! Yes !

Antonyms

* no

Noun

(en-noun)

An affirmative expression; an answer that shows agreement or acceptance.

Was that a yes?

A vote of support or in favor/favour of something.

The workers voted on whether to strike, and there were thirty "yeses" and one "no".

Synonyms

* (answer that shows agreement or acceptance) aye, yea * (vote in support) aye, yea

Antonyms

* (answer that shows agreement or acceptance) no, nay * (vote in support) nay

Verb

(colloquial) To agree with, to affirm, to approve.

Did he yes the veto?

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(slang) To attempt to flatter someone by habitually agreeing.

Synonyms

agree,

Derived terms

* yes man * yes to death 100 English basic words English phrasebook English responses 1000 English basic words ----

we

English

Pronoun

(personal) The speakers/writers, or the speaker/writer and at least one other person (not the person being addressed).

(personal) The speaker(s)/writer(s) and the person(s) being addressed.

(personal) The speaker/writer alone.

(personal)

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Determiner

(en determiner)

The speakers/writers, or the speaker/writer and at least one other person.

We Canadians like to think of ourselves as different.

Statistics

Anagrams

* ew 100 English basic words 1000 English basic words English first person pronouns English personal pronouns English plural pronouns English terms with homophones English two-letter words ----